چکیده:
The enormous changes in international system after the Soviet Union collapse led to a power vacuum and unprecedented competition of regional and trans-regional powers in central Asia and Caucasus. As a result of these phenomena، any actions by regional and international powers were viewed in the context of regional rivalries. Therefore، this fact brought several important obstacles in front of the expansion of Iran-Azerbaijan relations and at the same time led to reactions of other regional powers، including Turkey. The main goal of this article is to explain how Turkey's regional policy affected Iran-Azerbaijan relations. Turkey has had some common identity and mutual interest with Azerbaijan and so on its foreign policy towards this country put some important limitations in Iran-Azerbaijan relations. At the same time، Turkey's policy towards Iran brought more obstacles to Iran goal of expansion in its relations with Azerbaijan. This condition seems to continue because of the increase in Turkey-Azerbaijan relations. Therefore، there will be no important improvement in the coming years. This assumption will be studied from constructive points of view
خلاصه ماشینی:
ir 290 Central Eurasian Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, Autumn & Winter 2016 Introduction The Republic of Azerbaijan provides the ground for competition between other powers such as Turkey and Iran in this country due to its energy resources, domestic consumer market, Shia population, strategic location, and political orientations.
Based on the constructivist theory, which states that common norms shape the identity and priorities of actors and it is expected that actors will show similar behaviors in various cases, the emphasis of Turkey and the Republic of Azerbaijan on common principles and values such as the principles of democracy, respect for human rights, a market-based economy, the threat posed by Islamic Iran, the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh, economic-military cooperation, indicates the similarity of principles, values, ideas, and identities of both sides.
In general Turkey’s goals in the Caucasus region can be listed as follows: - Expanding influence in Central Asia and the Caucasus and finding a suitable place in the region; - Presenting a non-religious government model as the only desirable system for succeeding the communist system in the region; - Employing ethnic policies and forming a large union among 200 million Turks (from Central Asia to the end of the Balkan Peninsula); Turkey's Divergent Role in Iran-Azerbaijan Relations 295 - Playing the role of a communication bridge between the West and the region; - Preventing the defeat of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the war with Armenia; - Preventing the spread of Islamic fundamentalism and revolutionary thought in the region; - Providing economic, financial, and technical assistance to influence the region (Karimi, 1389: 274).
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